In a tweet addressed to PM Modi, Tej Pratap Yadav expressed his desire to join the security forces at the border and contribute to defending the country.

Indian equity markets opened lower this morning amid heightened tensions with Pakistan over an anti-terrorism operation by New Delhi in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack.

Sirens have been sounded in Chandigarh again this morning after an air warning was received from the Air Force station of a “possible attack”, officials said.